That "somone" was Jeter himself after Beckham nailed the Yanks for something like five doubles in one weekend against them his rookie year. Jeter was gushing about Beckham in the Sun Times after that series was over.

I have this crazy feeling that Sveum will not be a part of the Cubs post rebuilding.

That's an interesting question that I have talked about with my friends, how long does Sveum and Theo have? They need to start showing some degree of improvement this year and I THINK they need to at least flirt with .500 by next year.

That's an interesting question that I have talked about with my friends, how long does Sveum and Theo have? They need to start showing some degree of improvement this year and I THINK they need to at least flirt with .500 by next year.

Sveum maybe, Theo has a longer leash, I think, you win two World Titles in Boston and you've earned some street cred.

But if the Cubs are this bad, and this fundamentally bad, well, that's on the manager, right? Who else can be held accountable if his players are making mental mistakes all over the place?

I agree, its a very similar situation. The difference is, the Chicago media wasn't covering Beckham's rookie season like he was the next Babe Ruth, like they did Rizzo (at least last year).

Ch. 7 sent Rafer Weigel to Pittsburgh for the Cubs season opener - on the road - but all they showed was tape of the Sox opener, and it was at home. At least they had a Rizzo HR to feature.

Sorry to go all Hangar on you guys but it seemed pretty annoying to me.

My personal favorite was when the Cubs signed Todd Hundley. That was such an awesome story and signing. Todd is coming home to play for his hometown Cubbies and his father gets to pass the torch to him, etc. My thinking was, what is so good of giving a career .239 catcher with a bad shoulder $24 million?

It used to bother me, but now I just laugh at it. I don't even pay attention to the Cubs anymore. Of course, the Sox have their own problems. Kind of hard to laugh at another team when your team sucks royally bad, too...

I agree, its a very similar situation. The difference is, the Chicago media wasn't covering Beckham's rookie season like he was the next Babe Ruth, like they did Rizzo (at least last year).

Ch. 7 sent Rafer Weigel to Pittsburgh for the Cubs season opener - on the road - but all they showed was tape of the Sox opener, and it was at home. At least they had a Rizzo HR to feature.

Sorry to go all Hangar on you guys but it seemed pretty annoying to me.

After Rizzo's Opening Day HR, he's having a very bad start to the 2013 season. That said I don't wish Rizzo ill. The only current Cubbie that I can think of that I'd love to see fail is Jeff Samardzija.

Marmol and Soriano (and perhaps even Garza) don't really qualify as fire-sale material though. The Cubs are begging somebody to take those guys. Their value could not be any lower right now.

I would think Garza qualifies as worthless material right now, too, as he just had a rehab start scratched due to a "dead arm." I mean, I guess maybe someone will take a flyer on him, but the Cubs gave up a bounty for him barely more than 2 years ago. That move's going to go down as bad if not worse than the Swisher I and II trades for the Sox.

I would think Garza qualifies as worthless material right now, too, as he just had a rehab start scratched due to a "dead arm." I mean, I guess maybe someone will take a flyer on him, but the Cubs gave up a bounty for him barely more than 2 years ago. That move's going to go down as bad if not worse than the Swisher I and II trades for the Sox.

Bounty is a great word for it. Two of the Rays top three prospects currently are from the Garza trade.